The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 8, 2026

A vertically oriented black ink manuscript on tan paper features various handwritten entries and signatures. Across the top and bottom, script text is organized into blocks. In the center, a detailed drawing depicts a spotted fish leaping from splashing water next to a small profile sketch of a dog's head. Below the fish, large, bold cursive writing addresses friends Dorothy and John. Dates from 1947 and 1948 fill the margins.

Untitled (Dog, Fish Jumping Out of Water, Text, and Signatures)

1947–49

William J. Schaldach

(American, 1896-1982)

John Taylor Arms

(American, 1887–1953)
America
Ink
Gift of Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt 2012.467.15.a
Courtesy of John Taylor Arms/© Suzanne Arms Hawkins
Location: Not on view
  • September 23, 1991
    (Waverly Auctions, Bethesda, MD)
    1991-2013
    Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt, Pepper Pike, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    March 4, 2013-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Arms, John Taylor, and William Dolan Fletcher. John Taylor Arms, a Man for All Time: The Artist and His Work. [Place of publication not identified]: Sign of the Arrow, 1982.
    Saville, Jennifer, and John Taylor Arms. John Taylor Arms: Plates of Perfect Beauty. 1995.
  • The Gothic Spirit of John Taylor Arms. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (May 8-November 27, 2011).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2012.467.15.a